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Where am I, you ask?


I’ve gotten a few emails asking about where I’ve been - fret not! I’m traveling over the next week and a half to resolve some personal matters. I have really limited ‘net access, but will be back soon (inshallah)!


August 27, 2008 | 11:08 AM Comments  0 comments

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Forum sur la participation citoyenne en francophonie - 10 au 15 octobre 2008
Related to country: Canada


COUREZ LA CHANCE DE PRENDRE PART AU FORUM SUR LA PARTICIPATION CITOYENNE DES JEUNES EN FRANCOPHONIE QUI SE TIENDRA AU CANADA EN OCTOBRE PROCHAIN!


À l'occasion du XIIe Sommet de la Francophonie, un évènement d'envergure
internationale pour les jeunes francophones âgés de 18 à 30 ans se tiendra au Canada
sur le thème «Pour la pérennité de nos engagements» du 10 au 15 octobre 2008. Le
Forum est organisé par les organismes suivants:

·Unité jeunesse de la Francophonie,

·Conseil international des organisations de jeunes de la Francophonie (CIJEF),

·Fédération de la jeunesse canadienne française (FJCF),

·Fédération des jeunes francophones du Nouveau-Brunswick (FJFNB),

·Conseil permanant de la Jeunesse (CPJ - Québec, Canada).


Le forum se veut novateur par son déroulement qui vise à la fois une contribution
intellectuelle au Sommet de la part des jeunes et une participation aux célébrations
de la diversité francophone et de son rayonnement dans le monde.


L'évènement permettra également à la jeunesse francophone internationale et la
jeunesse francophone canadienne de se rencontrer et d'échanger entres-eux. Dans le
souci de continuité et de complémentarité, ils synthétiseront et entérineront les
propositions des rencontres précédentes et formuleront des propositions concrètes de
projets sur les enjeux clefs du Sommet à présenter aux chefs d'État et de
gouvernement lors du Sommet de Québec.



La date limite pour soumettre sa candidature est le 27 août 2008 à minuit (temps
universel).


Les participants venant du Canada ont jusqu'au 10 septembre 2008 pour remettre leur
dossier de candidature.




Toutes les informations sur :
http://jeunesse.francophonie.org/actualites/index.cfm?id=16775


Bonne chance !


Les délais sont courts, agissez vite!

August 25, 2008 | 4:56 PM Comments  1 comments

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Dial A Human Cuts Through Automated Phone Prompts [Phones]

When you've just about had it with an incorrect bill, a faulty product, or anything else you have to call a 1-800 number for, waiting for the automated operator to finish listing all the buttons you can push can feel like rubbing salt in the wound. Dial a Human, a web directory of shortcuts and end-runs around unnecessary prompts, eases the pain. Right now, the site's just a long, single-page list of what button combinations to press to get to a real person, but user submissions can bolster the page to become a more universal directory. Take a quick read down the page, and you'll realize that jamming on "0" repeatedly just won't cut it any more.



August 25, 2008 | 10:08 AM Comments  0 comments

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Congrès virtuel - Congrès Mondial des Jeunes 2008
About this event: 4th World Youth Congress - Quebec City 2008
Related to country: Canada


Revenue de Québec, depuis Vendredi 22 après-midi, la tête encore pleine de toutes les images du Congrès ( les délégués, les ateliers, les discussions informelles entre deux activités, les partys...), me voilà décidée après une journée de repos à poster sur le site du Congrès ma sélection de photos de quelques moments forts du Congrès Mondial des Jeunes 2008.

Alors, vous aussi n'hésitez pas à découvrir, la version virtuelle du Congrès Mondial des Jeunes 2008,en vous rendant au lien suivant.

http://www.wyc2008.qc.ca/virtual/

Vous pourrez visualiser des photos, des vidéos ainsi que les blogues des délégués ayant participé au Congrès.

Plus de vidéos sur les expériences des délégués :
http://www.youtube.com/group/worldyouthcongress






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Prophet Dogbert


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Lets Master: Act of Understanding

Certain questions in life remain unanswered and keep coming back at you, no matter how hard you try. Perhaps, one of the reasons being lack of your effort to tie up all the loose ends..It is also amazing to learn how few places, experiences are needed, to excite you to think again.. be lost in those lanes of memory which were long forgotten, understand how things stand at the present and seek a better understanding of the situation. It becomes even more complex when there are no available channels of communication..

Now, I am thinking over issues which must have been addressed long ago... lethargy in channelizing the emotion is as equally wrong as lethargy in its expression...It is important to board the train when the time is right (either when you wish to travel together or when you want to go your own way) rather than to remain on the tracks to create an environment of parallel existence..close enough to seek a better understanding...yet so far, for the train of communication is long gone!

P.S.: This post is an outcome of my effort to understand self... an interesting experience in Dubai....I wanted to record the memory of this effort... dated August 18, 2008.


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“He’s easily the most hated man in Toronto.” What exactly was he planning to do with 2,865 bicycles?


August 23, 2008 | 11:08 AM Comments  0 comments

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A photo worth sharing


Aphrodite)

(photo: Flicker - user: Aphrodite)

Love this image. Wanted to share. Enjoy.

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Most Depressing Onion Article Ever


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2,396 Bikes Stolen and Saved for ... the Apocalypse [w/Pics]

So what does one do with thousands of bicycles? Igor Kenk’s bizarre and record-setting collection has sparked myriad theories, ranging from the obvious: that he was planning to resell them all eventually in his used bicycle shop, to the eccentric: that he was saving them to sell as scrap metal or storing them for the upcoming energy apocalypse.

August 23, 2008 | 3:08 AM Comments  0 comments

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Pakistan: acid attack victims find beauty - in themselves


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Irum Saeed, survivor of an acid attack (photo: MSNBC)

My post on acid attacks in Pakistan was viewed 4,000 times in less than 24 hours. No post of mine has ever gotten that much traffic so quickly. The post quickly skyrocketed to seven thousand and counting. While reactions have been mixed, many of you are taking action. Thank you.

Emails have continued to come in, asking about the welfare of Pakistan’s women. While so many accounts are bleak, I was referred to a story last night that I need to share with you.

Meet Saira Liaqat and Urooj Akbar, who work at a Lahore beauty salon founded by Massarat Misbah. They are acid attack survivors who have found new promise after experiencing the unthinkable.

Massarat Misbah is not an acid attack survivor herself. However, five years ago, she encountered a woman whose face had been maimed in an attack by her husband. The woman needed assistance, and Misbah came to her aide. She also placed an ad in a local newspaper looking for other women who needed help. Misbah learned that several of the women who had been maimed had wanted to work in beauty salons like her own.

Since then, Misbah has founded the Depilex Smileagain Foundation, which employs acid attack survivors to work in beauty salons. She has arranged for ten women take beauty courses in Italy last year. The Foundation also raises money to help women find refuge and obtain medical care.

“I’m independent now, I stand on my own two feet,” she says. “I have a job, I work, I earn. In fact, I’m living on my own … which isn’t an easy thing for a woman to do in Pakistan, for a lone woman to survive.”

- Urooj Akbar

Regular clients of these women are inspired by their resilience, and they also say that they’re more aware of the trials faced by women in their society.

Read the rest of their story here, and learn more about the Depilex Smileagain Foundation here.

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PS: I know I owe you some Jumu’ah Dispatches! I’ll get on it as soon as I can. I also received a comment from a reader asking me some really interesting questions about human rights, liberalism, and more. Rather than answer it buried in a comments section of another post, I’ll dedicate an entry to my answer when I’ve got more time on my hands.


August 22, 2008 | 10:08 AM Comments  0 comments

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Home



Welcome to the Make It Happen blog where you can learn more, become involved and even apply to participate!

Make It Happen is an e-course for passionate international young leaders who want to learn on how to become effective changemakers in the world. The pilot of this course will run from October 2008 to January 2009.

This is your place to learn more about the e-course and become involved in progress. We also hope you'll keep reading as we document the pilot and the evolution of this new online learning experience for young leaders around the world.

Let the journey begin,

The Make It Happen Team

August 21, 2008 | 4:56 PM Comments  0 comments

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We care what you think!

You can use this blog to document your journey with Make It Happen. Feel free to post your thoughts, ideas, photos, and resources as we venture through the pilot of the e-course.

Note: any questions that you may have should be directed to: mih@takingitglobal.org (please include MIHBlog in the subject line).


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Granite Countertops May Contain Uranium

Many homeowners are having to remove their new countertops because the granite in them has been found to emit hazardous levels of radon. What do...

August 20, 2008 | 7:08 AM Comments  0 comments

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Crossword, sudoku plague threatens America!

Someone once said the world can be divided into two kinds of people: The kind who say "the world can be divided into two kinds of people" and the kind who don't.

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